Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It can now be seen why staggered flocks are the essence to maintaining your customers , by supplying them with the grade of eggs they require . |
| 32 | ‘ Now the operation is commercial , we also help them with the purchasing of parts . ’ |
| 33 | On many occasions Jesus has relieved the sufferings of others , curing them of their sickness , freeing them from the hold of spirits . |
| 34 | Whilst the evident unpopularity of Soviet domination in Eastern Europe may be thought to make such forces reliable in wartime for garrison and rear duties only , fact is that these military forces are trained and equipped for a war with NATO , according to an offensive doctrine of ‘ coalition warfare ’ , designed to place them from the start of hostilities onto an ‘ external front ’ . |
| 35 | In this guise , the computer 's role was to deliver machine-readable information that would supplement that normally found by students in printed form or received by them in the shape of lectures and seminars . |
| 36 | He also organized the insurgent peasants into companies , and instructed them in the use of firearms . |
| 37 | In June town employees were angered because they had to pay six million roubles commission to Jews in order to exchange a hundred million given to them in the form of bonds for their pay . |
| 38 | As we have seen , the formal liberal democratic theory of bureaucracies was that officials ( sometimes called bureaucrats or civil servants ) simply implement the policies that their political masters — the representatives of the people — present to them in the form of laws and regulations . |
| 39 | Again , paradoxically , objects are seen as increasingly exchangeable with one another , but also increasingly specific in terms of the particular values assigned to them in the form of prices . |
| 40 | A bit of thought indicated that , clearly , consumers , having minds , emotions , senses , and all the psychological paraphernalia that foul up our mental processes , would in some way ‘ process ’ the material coming to them in the form of advertisements . |
| 41 | In a study of the Vikings , pupils might begin with the Vikings in their own area , but could go on to use the computer simulation " Raiders " , putting them in the role of Vikings deciding where and how to attack the British Isles . |
| 42 | If motherhood includes them in the community of women , poor parenthood also excludes them from the public culture of their own generation . |
| 43 | During the automatic processing stage an attempt was made to locate the targets indicated by the cross-references , and so validate them , and , where necessary modify them in the light of changes made to entries during automatic integration . |
| 44 | ‘ In despair , Rol asked them what he could do for his people except lead them in the killing of others in the land . |
| 45 | Where he did have strong personal views , he proved less willing or less able to implement them over the opposition of others . |
| 46 | Certainly for earlier periods the rarity and high monetary value of items will place them beyond the reach of schools . |
| 47 | ‘ Why did they build them on the top of hills ? ’ she asked Christopher . |
| 48 | When I go skiing I want dozens of fast tows to whisk me to the top of runs and ensure I do n't have to queue for 20 minutes behind a junior racing team , trying to unclip each other 's bindings and seeing how far they can spit . |
| 49 | The disinterested passions compel me to see from other viewpoints , but also blind me to the equality of viewpoints . |
| 50 | Clearly my history is not one of overt cruelty towards me on the part of others ; neither is it one of extreme neglect , restriction or hardship . |
| 51 | She had lost her temper with me on the subject of bridesmaids . |
| 52 | ‘ To the well-deserving Gaius Seius I leave and wish to be granted in addition that neither from him nor from his heirs should be claimed whatever he owes me on the basis of documents or accounts or has borrowed from me or I have guaranteed for him . ’ |
| 53 | Before doing so can you advise me on the argument of stables v stalls . |
| 54 | This form of prayer , then , gathers up all our experiences and takes them to the King of Kings , and we think about them in his presence — all the hurts , all the joys , all that stops us becoming the kind of persons we feel called to be . |
| 55 | She tiptoed past them to the chest of drawers , took out a pair of shorts and a sweatshirt and slipped back downstairs to the kitchen . |
| 56 | The simplest solution would be to raise grants to a civilised level and then to peg them to the movement of wages or prices , but this was not among the options considered by the government when it began to look at student funding . |
| 57 | George Watson , responding to this proposal , asserted that such topics were inappropriate for a course leading to a degree called " English " , and in any case dismissed both marxism and structuralism as outmoded " intellectual dinosaurs " : " No doubt a university is the place to study discredited intellectual systems ; but we risk derision if we propose them to the exclusion of others . " |
| 58 | Why do we not add them to the list of axioms given above ? |
| 59 | If you can allow your child or your teenager to experience these consequences ( short of any which might cause them serious pain or hurt ) , he or she will learn from them without the addition of sermons , scolding or smackings . |
| 60 | The issues are not about inappropriate use of authority nor are they about the display of heroics . |